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The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    57

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 40

    out of 100

    The New York Times Neil Genzlinger

    It's like being trapped in a roomful of teenage girls for 80 minutes.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Village Voice

    Mildly engrossing, building to a final-act clash between First and Third worlds that is riveting and highly uncomfortable to watch.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    Their film is a rarity in that Rios emerges as a vibrant, reflective woman, an individual who refuses to be defined by her transsexuality.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety

    Likeable if rambling first feature by Icelandic helmer Olaf de Fleur Johannesson ("Africa United") evinces the helmer's background in documaking, and reps a kind of quasi-doc itself with real-life trannies riffing on their own personas.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    The great strength of the film is that it is difficult to know where cinema verite leaves off and fiction begins.

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